Science Fiction Romance

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Science Fiction Romance
Immerse
Yourself
Welcome to Riptide Publishing
Riptide Publishing is a boutique purveyor of some of the finest LGBTQ fiction, romance, and erotica
available today. Created by industry professionals and LGBTQ authors who were hungry for more favorable
editing, marketing support, and production values, Riptide Publishing seeks to fill a critical niche in the
LGBTQ market: quality books, pristinely packaged, that will satisfy readers’ desires for rich, plotty, welledited stories.
Romance and Beyond
Riptide is a romance-focused house, but that’s not all we offer. First and foremost, Riptide publishes
quality LGBTQ fiction. Erotica? Yes. Romance? Absolutely. But stories with LGBTQ protagonists or a
focus on the LGBTQ experience also have a place at Riptide. From high fantasy to historicals to upmarket
contemporaries, Riptide’s offerings would be at home not just on LGBTQ shelves, but also on genre and
popular fiction shelves.
Sales Support
Our marketing team works to build and maintain reader excitement about every release by implementing a
custom blend of social media, print/digital promotions, and targeted outreach—and we never stop promoting
our backlist titles. Whether launching a debut author or heralding an award-winning bestseller, we work
hard to garner wide attention and accolades for all our authors and titles, including reviews in national
outlets like Publisher’s Weekly, Library Journal, USA Today, Romance Times Magazine, and Dear Author, and
widespread recognition from juries at the Lambda Awards, EPIC Awards, Rainbow Awards, Goodreads
Choice Awards, and more.
As Riptide is an ebook-focused press, our titles never go out of print or fall out of the public eye. Thus,
rather than organize our catalog by season, the following pages are arranged by genre. Metadata—including
heat levels—are included for each title, along with a URL where you’ll find more thorough metadata and
keyword information to help you determine the right titles for your markets.
Contact
Subsidiary rights: Ethan Ellenberg, [email protected]
Sales: Rachel Haimowitz, [email protected]
Marketing/Publicity: Keturah Jenkins, [email protected]
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Table of Contents
Contemporary Romance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
New Adult Romance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Romantic Suspense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Romantic Fantasy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Science Fiction Romance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Historical Romance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Paranormal/UF Romance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Erotica and BDSM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Erotic Horror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Paranormal Comedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Upmarket LGBTQ Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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Contemporary Romance
It’s All Geek to Me, by JL Merrow
February 10, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/its-all-geek-to-me
$2.99 ebook
Jez ventures into the Hidden Asteroid bookstore in London—the temple of geekdom itself—to
replace a comic book for his best mate, only to be bowled over by the guy behind the counter.
Rhys is tall, gorgeous, and totally cool and Jez is desperate to impress him. He begs his mate to
teach him how to speak Geek and is then over the moon when Rhys asks him out. The question
is, how long can Jez keep up the deception, and what will happen when Rhys realizes he’s going
out with a Fake Geek Guy?
“I read pretty much the whole thing with a smile on my face.” —Dear Author
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-114-4 • Page Count: 57 • Heat Wave: Steamy
Home for the Holidays, by Ally Blue, L.B. Gregg, Z.A. Maxfield
December 2, 2013 •www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/collections/home-holidays
$17.99 trade paperback (three novellas only) • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-083-3
Home is where the heart is.
The December holidays mean many things: food, presents, traditions, stress, peace, renewal.
But most of all, they mean families—good and bad, biological and chosen—and finding our
way home, whatever the definition and wherever it might be. The four holiday-set romances
in Home for the Holidays all explore characters leaving home, finding home, returning home,
and discovering what home means to them.
And to help people discover home in the real world, 20% of all proceeds from this collection
are donated to the Ali Forney Center in New York.
This collection contains: How I Met Your Father, Long the Mile, and Lost and Found
Christmas Kitsch, by Amy Lane
December 9, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/christmas-kitsch
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Sometimes the best thing you can get for Christmas is knowing what you really want.
Rusty Baker is a blond, rich, entitled football player and might have stayed that way, except he
develops a friendship with out-and-proud Oliver Campbell from the wrong side of the tracks.
When Oliver kisses him goodbye when Rusty leaves for college, Rusty is forced to rethink
everything he knows about himself. Another kiss at Thanksgiving and Rusty finds himself
homeless for the holidays. Oliver may not have much money, but he’s got something Rusty has
never known: true family. With their help and Oliver’s love, Rusty comes to realize he’ll pass
real life with flying rainbow colors.
“[O]ne of the best I have read all year.” —Joyfully Jay
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-086-4 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-087-1
Page Count: 254 • Heat Wave: Steamy
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Contemporary Romance
Lost and Found, by Z.A. Maxfield
December 2, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/lost-and-found
$4.99 ebook
Lost: one dog and two men in need of each other. Found: love.
RV resort security chief Ringo never believed in love at first sight . . . until he saw Gavin playing
his sax on the beach for the tourists. But their on-again, off-again affair—even counting all
the great makeup sex—doesn’t come close to the relationship he wants. Complicating matters
even more, Gavin’s beloved dog Bird runs away a few days before Christmas, and Gavin blames
Ringo for the disappearance. Maybe if Ringo can find Bird, he can salvage Gavin’s faith. Maybe
this Christmas, they can all find each other.
“[A] beautiful Christmas miracle story and one I can most definitely re-read.”
—Rainbow Book Reviews
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-085-7 • Page Count: 148 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Long the Mile, by Ally Blue
November 25, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/long-mile
$4.99 ebook
Sometimes it takes losing everything to find what you really need.
When Judah went to prison for insider trading, he lost everything he thought was important,
but when he gets out, homelessness strips him of the one thing he has left: his self-respect. For
Toby, life on the streets has become familiar. Comfortable. So comfortable he wonders if he’s
given up on changing his life for the better. Then comes Judah. Their shared situation nurtures
a growing closeness that blossoms into something deeper. But when change comes knocking,
it will take all their strength to keep fear and insecurity from tearing them apart.
“[A] heart wrenching and heart-filled story.” —The Jeep Diva
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-081-9 • Page Count: 144 • Heat Wave: Steamy
How I Met Your Father, by L.B. Gregg
November 18, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/how-i-met-your-father
$3.99 ebook
The man of your dreams could be sitting right next to you.
Former boy band member Justin Hayes wants a quiet, scandal-free Christmas at home, but his
best friend and bandmate is subjecting everyone to his destination wedding, and Justin can’t
dodge the “best man” bullet. Jack Basinger’s own plans for a quiet Christmas have been dashed
by the summons to his daughter’s hasty wedding with a man Jack has hardly met. One hasty
sexual encounter in an airport bathroom later, they both feel much better. Now Justin and Jack
must find love together on an island paradise that proves there’s no place like home.
“Gregg’s writing style . . . [is] glib and as perky as all the boy band songs of the 1990s.”
—All About Romance
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-084-0 • Page Count: 112 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Contemporary Romance
Illumination, by Rowan Speedwell
September 30, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/illumination
$7.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Adam Craig, lead singer of the rock band Black Varen, is tired of the empty life of parties and
paparazzi. Worse, a life in the closet. After his latest tour, he flees and ends up passed out on the
patio of a shuttered lake resort. Miles Caldwell is a brilliant artist tied by agoraphobia to his
family’s lodge, where he illuminates manuscripts and hides from life. He discovers Adam asleep
in a deck chair, and Adam soon charms his way into Miles’s heart. But Adam’s demanding life is
waiting, and Miles is battling demons of his own. Somehow, the man who’s never home and the
man who never leaves it must find the strength to fight for a future together.
“[A]n emotional journey of self-discovery and sacrifice.”
— RT Book Reviews
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-052-9 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-051-2
Page Count: 308 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Glitterland, by Alexis Hall
August 26, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/glitterland
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Once the golden boy of the English literary scene, now a clinically depressed writer of pulp
crime fiction, Ash Winters has given up on love. Then a chance encounter throws him into the
arms of Darian Taylor, an aspiring model who lives in a world of fake tans and fashion shows.
But Ash has been living in his own shadow for so long that he can’t see past the glitter to the
light. Can a man who doesn’t trust himself ever trust in happiness? And how can a man who
doesn’t believe in happiness ever fight for his own?
Honorable Mention, 2013 Rainbow Awards: Best Gay Contemporary Romance
Honorable Mention, 2013 Rainbow Awards: Best Gay Debut
“STARRED REVIEW: By turns laugh-out-loud funny and tragically sad, Hall’s novel draws
readers into this wonderful glitter-ball of a world. Highly recommend.” — Library Journal
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-024-6 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-025-3
Page Count: 248 • Heat Wave: Explicit
All Romance eBooks Staff Pick
Pickup Men, by L.C. Chase
July 8, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/pickup-men
$5.99 ebook • $15.99 trade paperback
It takes a pissed-off Brahma bull named Shockwave to show rodeo pickup man Marty Fairgrave
the cold hard truth about champion bull rider Tripp Colby: Tripp will never leave the safety of
his closet. But Tripp knows Marty is his everything, and in order for these two cowboys to ride
off into the sunset, Tripp will have to overcome his darkest fears and step into the light.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-028-4 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-057-4
Page Count: 166 • Heat Wave: Steamy
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Contemporary Romance
Gold Digger, by Aleksandr Voinov
September 17, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/gold-digger
$5.99 ebook
Working for a gold explorations company, Nikolai Krasnorada has never put down roots,
and he likes it that way. But while striking a deal with LeBeau Mining, Nikolai meets Henri
LeBeau, crown prince to the conglomerate and inveterate flirt. Sparks fly immediately, but
when LeBeau Mining launches a hostile takeover bid, Nikolai and Henri find themselves on
opposite sides of the negotiating table. Fortunately, Henri’s not nearly as interested in his
company as he is in his heart.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-66-7 • Page Count: 175 • Heat Wave: Explicit
It’s Complicated (A Tucker Springs Novel), by L.A. Witt
April 28, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/its-complicated
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
After their umpteenth breakup, Brad Sweeney and Jeff Hayden are living apart and starting
over from scratch. The morning after a promising first date, they’re more optimistic than
ever that they can make it work this time . . . until Jeff ’s ex-wife and business partner calls to
announce she’s pregnant with Jeff ’s baby. Brad and Jeff knew reconciliation wouldn’t be easy,
but they’re rapidly running out of room for compromise. And sooner or later, something has
to give.
“[H]ard-hitting, gritty explorations of love between two very different guys.”
— All About Romance
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-134-2 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-135-9
Page Count: ~196 • Heat Wave: Explicit
After the Fall (A Tucker Springs Novel), by L.A. Witt
October 7, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/after-fall
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Nathan is looking forward to exploring the Colorado mountain trails above Tucker Springs,
but then a motorcyclist spooks his horse, leaving Nathan with broken bones and a ruined
summer. Ryan is a loner and a nomad. Feeling guilty for causing the accident, he offers to
exercise Nathan’s horse until he heals. Despite their bad start, Nathan and Ryan become
friends . . . and then much more. But with a couple of nasty breakups in his past, Nathan doesn’t
want to get involved—especially since Ryan will never settle down. But since when do feelings
ever listen to reason?
“[H]ard-hitting, gritty explorations of love between two very different guys.”
— All About Romance
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-076-5 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-077-2
Page Count: 202 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Contemporary Romance
Never a Hero (A Tucker Springs Novel), by Marie Sexton
May 13, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/universe/tucker-springs
$5.99 ebook • $15.99 trade paperback
Raised by a mother who made him ashamed of his stutter, his sexual orientation, and his
congenitally amputated arm, Owen Meade lives like a hermit in his Tucker Springs apartment.
But then hunky veterinarian Nick Reynolds moves in downstairs. Owen knows he’s falling hard
for Nick, but every time he gets close, Nick inexplicably pulls away. Battling his mother’s scorn
and Nick’s secrets, Owen soon realizes that instead of waiting for a hero, it’s time to be one—
for himself and for Nick.
“[E]ntertaining and thought-provoking.” —All About Romance
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-94-0 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-95-7
Page Count: 174 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Covet Thy Neighbor (A Tucker Springs Novel), by L.A. Witt
March 25, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/universe/tucker-springs
$5.99 ebook • $15.99 trade paperback
Tattoo artist Seth Wheeler thinks he’s struck gold when Darren Romero rents the apartment
across the hall. Except then Darren reveals that he moved to Tucker Springs to take a job as
a youth pastor. Seth is not only an atheist, but was thrown out by his ultra-religious family
when he came out. But Darren doesn’t give up easily, and he’s everything Seth wants in a
man . . . except for that one massive detail he just can’t overlook. Is Darren’s religion the real
problem, or is it just a convenient smoke screen to keep Seth from facing deeper fears?
“[A] desert isle keeper.” —All About Romance
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-000-0 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-001-7
Page Count: 177 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Dirty Laundry (A Tucker Springs Novel), by Heidi Cullinan
January 28, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/universe/tucker-springs
$7.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Entomology student Adam Ellery meets Denver Rogers, a muscle-bound hunk of sexy, at
the Tucker Springs laundromat. Trouble is, Adam isn’t just shy: he has obsessive compulsive
disorder and clinical anxiety, conditions which have ruined past relationships. And while
Denver might be able to bench-press a pile of grad students, he comes from a history of abuse.
Neither Denver nor Adam want to face their dirty laundry, but to stay together, they’re going
to have to come clean.
Winner, 2013 Rainbow Awards: Best LGBT Erotic Romance
“[H]ard-hitting, gritty explorations of love between two very different guys.”
— All About Romance
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-77-3 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-79-7
Page Count: 259 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Contemporary Romance
Second Hand (A Tucker Springs Novel), by Heidi Cullinan and Marie Sexton
Sepember 10, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/universe/tucker-springs
$6.99 ebook • $15.99 trade paperback
Paul Hannon moved to Tucker Springs for his girlfriend, but she’s left him with a house he
can’t afford and a pantry full of useless gadgets. When he wanders into Tucker Pawn for a gift
to win her back, he meets El Rozal, pawn shop owner and all-around cynic. El Rozal doesn’t
do relationships, especially not with clueless straight boys still pining for their ex. There’s no
reason to believe the two of them could fit, but when it comes to love, El and Paul may learn
that secondhand doesn’t mean second best.
Honorable Mention, 2013 Rainbow Awards: Best Gay Contemporary Romance
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-57-5 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-52-0
Page Count: 194 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Irresistible Attraction: The Complete Collection, by Cat Grant
August 5, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/collections/irresistible-attraction
$16.99 trade paperback
Professors Connor Morrison and Steve Campbell run one of the busiest 3D optics labs on
the West Coast. Connor’s happily buried in his research until brilliant student Wes Martin
catches his attention. But what starts simple becomes more complicated when Connor
discovers how Wes has been paying his tuition. Meanwhile, Steve is at sea in San Francisco’s
gay scene. Gil Alvarez, a struggling mechanic, might just be the perfect guy for him . . . if they
can get past Steve’s awkwardness and the secret Gil’s afraid to share.
Follow Connor and Steve’s self-discovery in this interlinked quartet of sexy, emotional novellas.
Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-067-3
Page Count: 280 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Includes: Priceless, Doubtless, Fearless, and Flawless
Flawless, (Irresistible Attraction, #4), by Cat Grant
April 22, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/flawless
$3.99 ebook
Coming out at thirty-eight means learning how to date all over again, and this time, Steve
Campbell’s not willing to settle for empty one-night stands. He meets Gil Alvarez, who’s has
never had it easy, struggling through childhood and rejected by his family for a body that didn’t
match who he was inside. Gil’s not ashamed of who he is, but he’s terrified that Steve will reject
him—or worse—when he discovers what Gil can’t find the courage to tell him.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-012-3 • Page Count: 91 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Contemporary Romance
Fearless, (Irresistible Attraction, #3), by Cat Grant
December 10, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/fearless
$2.99 ebook
After a year together, Connor Morrison and Wes Martin decide to tie the knot. But an ethics
complaint threatens Connor’s job and Wes’s Ph.D. Worse, Connor still treats Wes like glass,
though Wes insists he’s recovered from the sexual assault he suffered a year ago. Connor
hasn’t, though, and he can’t let go of the need to protect Wes. But Wes has had enough, and is
beginning to question their plans. Add in a family ashamed of his choices, and Wes might just
leave Connor standing at the altar.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-18-6 • Page Count: 70 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Doubtless, (Irresistible Attraction, #2), by Cat Grant
July 16, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/doubtless
$2.99 ebook
On the surface, Steve Campbell seems to have it all. But underneath, he’s restless and
dissatisfied, tired of empty encounters and endless evenings alone. A chance meeting with an
escort lifts Steve’s spirits and opens his eyes to his long-repressed attraction to men—and his
love for his best friend, Connor. It’s too late for their happily ever after; Connor’s about to
propose to his boyfriend. Fortunately, it’s never too late to learn about yourself, and maybe
Steve can find a happy ending on his own.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-46-9 • Page Count: 53 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Priceless, (Irresistible Attraction, #1), by Cat Grant
May 14, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/priceless
$2.99 ebook
Connor Morrison is the star of the UC Berkeley physics department and a socially inept
workaholic. At his birthday party, he meets physics student Wes Martin, who idolizes
Connor—and who’s hooking to pay his tuition, attending the party as a secret present. Connor
falls under Wes’s spell, yet after one night together, Wes disappears. He can’t bear to hook
with a man he could so easily love, but he also can’t bear to tell him the truth. Walking away is
painful, but not nearly as much as building a relationship on lies.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-37-7 • Page Count: 81 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Contemporary Romance
Country mouse: the complete COLLECTION
by Amy Lane and Aleksandr Voinov
August 5, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/collections/country-mouse-collection
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Country mouse meets city cat.
Owen may be a bit of a country mouse, but he loves his vacation in London, even more so
when he meets the sexy and arrogant Malcolm Kavanagh. But eighty-hour weeks at a trading
desk don’t leave Malcolm much time for meaningful relationships. Their vacation romance
turns serious, but that’s just the first chapter in their story. Malcolm has never been in love,
or even in a relationship. Everything is a struggle, from accepting Owen’s low-status job to
putting his boyfriend above his personal trainer. Luckily, Owen knows a little more about
these things and adapts to England while Malcolm adapts to the whole human race. Maybe,
if Owen is patient enough and Malcolm learns to give, the two of them can make it past
Relationship Armageddon to a real happy ending.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-045-1 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-044-4
Page Count: 202 • Heat Wave: Explicit • Includes: Country Mouse and City Mouse
City Mouse, by Amy Lane and Aleksandr Voinov
March 18, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/city-mouse
$5.99 ebook
A magical weekend, a breathless declaration, a happy ever after . . . Right? Wrong. When
Malcolm Kavanagh took his first step toward emotional maturity by declaring his love to
Owen Watson, that was just the first chapter in their story. Anyone who’s ever been in love
knows that happy endings take a lot more work than that. Maybe, if Owen is patient enough
and Malcolm learns to give, the two of them can make it past Relationship Armageddon to a
real happy ending.
“Amy Lane is a master at bringing together two unlikely people”
— All About Romance
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-005-5 • Page Count: 157 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Country mouse, by Amy Lane and Aleksandr Voinov
April 23, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/country-mouse
$2.99 ebook
Country mouse meets city cat.
After a long day playing tourist in London, Owen’s on the hunt for beer and a burger. Instead
he finds an arrogant prick hunting him. Eighty-hour weeks at a trading desk don’t leave
Malcolm Kavanagh much time for meaningful relationships, and in his world, everything’s a
competition—even sex. But Owen’s not the pushover Malcolm thinks he is, and Malcolm’s not
as shallow as he tries to be. They both soon learn that nothing’s too intimate to share with a
stranger, and the strangest things happen when two people share their hearts.
eBook ISBN:978-1-937551-34-6 • Page Count: 79 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Contemporary Romance
Necessity’s Door, by Fiona Glass
May 28, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/necessitys-door
$2.99 ebook
Openly-gay policeman Jake is undercover as a prostitute to catch a crime boss with a taste for
pretty rentboys. The op is fraught with difficulties, all of them men. Like his partner, who he’s
secretly fancied for months. And the “client” he keeps sleeping with for reasons far beyond
maintaining his cover. The longer the op drags on, the more Jake’s heart—and his sense of
right and wrong—slip through his fingers. Mac is backing him up, but is he really the man
Jake needs? Tough to know among all those lies Jake’s been telling himself and everyone else.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-39-1 • Page Count: 49 • Heat Wave: Sensual
Where You Hurt the Most, by Anne Brooke
May 7, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/where-you-hurt-most
$2.99 ebook
Adrian, happily working as high-class escort, agrees to meet with his boss’s nephew. Dan,
scarred inside and out from an accident that destroyed a promising future, challenges him
ways he’d never imagined. Despite Adrian’s loveless lifestyle and Dan’s withdrawal and anger,
the two men forge a deep—if unnerving—connection. Soon they find themselves questioning
the choices they’ve made and the futures they’ve mapped out. Together they discover that
while love can’t heal all wounds, it is the surest balm for where you hurt the most.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-36-0 • Page Count: 44 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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New Adult
straight shooter (Rear Entrance Video, #3), by Heidi Belleau
April 7, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/straight-shooter
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
This macho jock has a crooked little secret.
College hockey player Austin Puett is in trouble: nothing turns him on more than insults
implying he’s gay—even though he’s definitely not!—and all his old coping methods have
stopped working. Pure desperation drives him to rent a Mischievous Pictures porn flick about
straight men tricked into servicing Puck, a male dominant. But meeting Liam Williams, the
real person behind Puck, confuses Austin even more. Liam really seems to like him as a person,
and Austin likes him back. What does it make Austin if he still wants Liam when the cameras
aren’t rolling?
“[T]his series continues to explore a wide array of sexual expression.” —A Shared Brain Cell
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-089-5 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-090-1
Page Count: 277 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Wallflower (Rear Entrance Video, #2), by Heidi Belleau
October 21, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/wallflower-rear-entrance-video-2
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
This gamer geek has a lacy little secret.
Art student and MMORPG addict Robert Ng has always been a loner, but he’s recently
realized he’ll never be truly happy until he becomes the person he is online: his female persona,
Bobby. Bobby is cuter and funnier than Rob is, and a thousand times more popular with boys.
Becoming Bobby IRL presents its own set of challenges, though . . . especially when you’re sitting
on the fence between two genders, only one of which has caught the attention of your seriously
cute customer/classmate. But will out-and-proud Dylan still want Rob if he’s not all man?
“[A] thoughtful exploration of complex gender identity.” — Publisher’s Weekly
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-036-9 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-037-6
Page Count: 205 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Apple Polisher (Rear Entrance Video, #1), by Heidi Belleau
July 29, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/apple-polisher-rear-entrance-video-1
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
This straight-A student has a dirty little secret.
Christian Blake dreams of being a kindergarten teacher, but making the grade means
maintaining a squeaky clean image: no drinking, no drugs, no swearing, no sex. And definitely
no falling for his new roommate—tattooed bad-boy Max, who may or may not be a drug dealer.
Max hates Christian’s preppy sweater vests and the closet Christian forces him into when they’re
together, and just wants Christian to be himself. Christian struggles to find the impossible
balance between his real life and the ideal one he thinks a teacher needs to live.
“[A]nimated, lively . . . as if her pen glides by itself across the pages.” — RT Book Reviews
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-034-5 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-035-2
Page Count: 230 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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New Adult
Saugatuck Summer, by Amelia C. Gormley
May 19, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/saugatuck-summer
$7.99 ebook • $17.99 trade paperback
One summer can change everything.
Hi, I’m Topher Carlisle: twenty-one, pretty, and fabulous. At least, that’s what I keep telling
myself. But walking the fake-it-til-you-make-it road to independence and self-respect isn’t
easy. I have one summer to make money and figure out what I want to do with my life. So
of course I decide to have an affair with my BFF’s married, closeted dad. Except there’s this
great guy, Jace, who sees me differently. He’s got it all together in ways I can only dream of
and seems to think I don’t give myself enough credit. And if I don’t watch out, I may start to
believe him.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-116-8 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-115-1
Page Count: ~363 • Heat Wave: Explicit
The Beginning of Us, by Sarah Brooks
January 27, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/the-beginning-of-us
$3.99 ebook
Eliza, where are you? I need you. How dare you run away? Where’s the courage, the
fearlessness I fell in love with? I don’t know what else to do but write. I’m supposed to be
driving to my parents’ right now for winter break, but I’m here in my dorm room, waiting for
you. I know I shouldn’t have fallen in love with my professor. But you inspired me. How could
I know that you would be so afraid of this, of us, of yourself ? Wherever you are, Eliza, hear
me—and come back to me.
“[A]n amazing book.” —QueendSheena
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-105-2 • Page Count: 120 • Heat Wave: Sweet
Poster Boy (Theta Alpha Gamma, #5), by Anne Tenino
April 21, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/poster-boy
$7.99 ebook • $17.99 trade paperback
It’s all fun and games until someone puts his heart out.
After being outed to his hockey team, Jock figures he’s due for something good—like the sex he
missed out on in the closet. Toby, the hot grad student he meets at a frat party, seems like a great
place to start, and their night together is an awesome introduction to the fine art of hooking up.
Toby’s heart takes a bruising after the near-perfect experience with Jock leads to . . . nothing. So
he’s not complaining when he’s coerced into chaperoning a Theta Alpha Gamma trip to France.
What better place to finish his thesis and get over that frat boy? Except Jock decides France
would be a great escape, too. Once there, they must discover that their connection is as real as it
gets.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-130-4 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-131-1
Page Count: ~375 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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New Adult
Good Boy (Theta Alpha Gamma, #4), by Anne Tenino
October 7, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/good-boy
$2.99 ebook
Happily ever after is just a frat boy away.
Brad Feller and Sebastian DeWitt have been together for nine months. The only cloud is
Sebastian’s stress over his thesis and their uncertain future together after graduation. Other
than that, everything’s awesome. Then a friend Brad once had a small fling with is forced to take
refuge with them, and their delicate balance topples. Now Sebastian has to face some truths
about how he’s been treating Brad, what he wants for their future, and what he has to do to get
it.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-068-0 • Page Count: 77 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Sweet Young Thang (Theta Alpha Gamma, #3), by Anne Tenino
July 22, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/sweet-young-thang-theta-alpha-gamma-3
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
When Plan A fails, turn to Man A.
Thanks to Collin Montes, Theta Alpha Gamma now welcomes gay and bisexual students. Enter
repercussions, stage left: someone rigs the TAG House water heater to launch through the ceiling,
then plants a bomb—thankfully unsuccessful—in the fraternity’s basement. Paramedic Eric Dixon
can’t stop thinking about the kid he met during a call at his former college fraternity house. The
age gap between them is trumped by sexy eyes, so when Eric sees Collin again at the bomb scene,
he pursues him. Soon, Eric is dreaming of being a househusband, fighting to keep Collin safe
from whoever’s trying to destroy the fraternity, and helping his sweet young thang realize that
repercussions sometimes have silver linings.
“This just might be the sweetest M/M romance I ever read.” — Book Junkies
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-032-1 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-033-8
Page Count:377 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Love, Hypothetically (Theta Alpha Gamma, #2), by Anne Tenino
August 27, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/love-hypothetically
$4.99 ebook
Hypothetical love can be a real pain in the ass.
Paul’s been called many things, but “forgiving” isn’t one of them. When the new softball coach
at Calapooya College requests Paul to tutor his athletes, he’s forced to ignore his “no athletes”
policy for the sake of his paycheck. Enter Trevor Gardiner, former MLB player and Paul’s high
school boyfriend. Yeah, that one—the guy who sacrificed Paul for the safety of his closet and
his future career. But Trevor’s out and retired now, and now he’s looking for a second chance.
There’s no earthly reason Paul should give him one, but he keeps letting the man state his case.
And touch him. And take him sailing. The waters are far from smooth, though, and Paul has to
decide: forgive Trevor, or move on.
“[A] beautiful love story of reunited lovers.” — Under The Covers Book Blog
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-50-6 • Page Count: 120 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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New Adult
Frat Boy & Toppy (Theta Alpha Gamma, #1), by Anne Tenino
March 26, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/frat-boy-and-toppy
$5.99 ebook • $15.99 trade paperback
It took a morning meeting with a frat brother’s hairy, naked ass for Brad to admit it, but he
knows the truth about himself now: let the gay life commence. Sebastian, the geeky-hot TA in
Brad’s history class, is everything Brad is not. Intellectual, suave, hairy. Out. Brad’s been with
plenty of girls, but with Sebastian, the sex is something else entirely. And when mind-blowing
sex turns into something more—dare he admit the “L” word?—Brad must face the crushing
realization that Sebastian doesn’t feel the same. Unless, of course, he does. After all, even grad
students can be idiots about matters of the heart.
Honorable Mention, 2012 Rainbow Awards: Best Gay Erotic Romance
2nd Place, 2012 National Excellence in Romance Fiction Awards: Erotic Romance
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-27-8 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-30-8
Page Count: 186 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Too Stupid to Live (Romancelandia, #1), by Anne Tenino
January 14, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/too-stupid-live
$7.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
It isn’t true love until someone gets hurt.
Sam is too skinny, too dorky, too gay, and has that unfortunate addiction to romance novels,
but he knows his One True Love is out there. He’s cultivated the necessary fortitude to say “no”
to the next Mr. Wrong, no matter how hot, exciting, and/or erotic-novel-worthy he may be.
Until he meets Ian. Ian has escaped the job he hated and the family who stifled him, and is now
ready to dip his toe into the sea of relationships. He’s going to be cautious, maybe start with
someone who knows the score, nothing too complicated. Until he meets Sam. Sam’s convinced
that Ian is no one’s Mr. Right. Ian’s sure that Sam isn’t his type. They can’t both be wrong . . .
can they?
“[E]rotic sexy times . . . Well done.” —USA Today
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-84-1 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-85-8
Page Count: 315 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Romantic Suspense
hostile ground, by L.A. Witt and Aleksandr Voinov
May 12, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/hostile-ground
$7.99 ebook • $17.99 trade paperback
Enemy territory is a dangerous place to fall in love.
After the deaths of three undercover cops, Detective Mahir Hussain is sent to investigate a drug
ring in a seedy strip club in Seattle. He joins the club’s security team in the hopes of finding
enough evidence to bust the operation before he’s number four. From the minute Mahir meets
Ridley, the cold and intimidating head of security, they engage in a dangerous dance of sex and
mind games. Mahir needs to find his evidence before Ridley figures out he’s a cop—and before
they both grow too close to betray one another.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-125-0 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-124-3
Page Count: 362 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Cross & Crown (Sidewinder, #2), by Abigail Roux
June 9, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/cross-and-crown
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
When Nick O’Flaherty arrives at the scene of a double homicide to find he has a witness
to the crime, he thinks it’s his lucky day. But his witness is suffering from amnesia and can’t
even remember his own name. Nick’s boyfriend and former Recon teammate, Kelly Abbott,
joins him in Boston, and Nick finds his hands a little too full as the case and his personal life
collide. The witness he’s dubbed “JD” is being tailed by Julian Cross, a retired CIA hitman. To
complicate matters further, JD forms an attachment to Nick that Nick struggles not to respond
to as they search for the key to JD’s identity.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-133-5 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-132-8
Page Count: ~225 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Shock & Awe (Sidewinder, #1), by Abigail Roux
November 11, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/shock-awe
$3.99 ebook • $9.99 trade paperback
After barely surviving a shootout, Sidewinder medic Kelly Abbott isn’t surprised when fellow
Sidewinder Nick O’Flaherty stays with him the whole time to help him get back on his feet—
after all, years on the same Marine Force Recon team bonded the men. He’s very surprised,
though, when Nick humors his moment of curiosity and kisses him. The simple moment
unleashes a flood of confusing emotions and urges that neither man is prepared to address.
Now, Kelly and Nick must figure out what they mean to each other—friends and brothers in
arms, or something even deeper?—before the past can come back to ruin their tenuous future.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-055-0 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-056-7
Page Count: 92 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Romantic Suspense
Ball & Chain (Cut & Run, #8), by Abigail Roux
March 17, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/ball-chain-cut-run-8
$7.99 ebook • $17.99 trade paperback
Home from their unexpected deployment, the former members of Marine Force Recon team
Sidewinder try to pick up the pieces of the lives they were forced to leave behind. Ty Grady
comes home to Zane Garrett, only to find that everything has changed—even the men he went
to war with. He barely has time to adjust before his brother, Deuce, asks Ty to be his best man.
But that isn’t all Deuce asks Ty to do, and Ty must call for backup to deal with the business
issues of Deuce’s future father-in-law.
Nick O’Flaherty and Kelly Abbott join Ty and Zane at the wedding on an island in Scotland,
thinking they’re there to assuage Deuce’s paranoia. But when bodies start dropping and boats
start sinking, the four men get more involved with the festivities than they’d ever planned to.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-106-9 • Print ISBN:978-1-62649-107-6
Page Count: ~340 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Touch & Geaux (Cut & Run, #7), by Abigail Roux
April 8, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/touch-geaux
$7.99 ebook • $17.99 trade paperback
Special Agent Ty Grady receives a distress call from a friend, leading him and his partner
Zane Garrett to a city rife with echoes from the past. Surrounded by trouble as soon as they
land, Ty and Zane are swiftly confronted with a past from which Ty can’t hide—one with a
surprising connection to Zane’s. As threats close in from all directions, both men must come
to terms with the lives they’ve led and the lies they’ve told. They soon discover that not all
their secrets are out, and nothing lasts forever.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-86-5 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-87-2
Page Count: 349 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Stars & Stripes (Cut & Run, #6), by Abigail Roux
August 13, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/stars-stripes
$7.99 ebook • $17.99 trade paperback
Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett have managed the impossible: a few months of
peace and quiet. When an emergency call from home upsets the balance of their carefully
arranged world, Ty and Zane must juggle family drama with a perplexing crime to save a
helpless victim before time runs out. From West Virginia to a Texas horse ranch harboring more
than just livestock and childhood memories, Ty and Zane must face their fears—and their
families—to overcome an unlikely enemy and bring peace back into their newly shared world.
Winner, 2013 DABWAHA •Winner, 2012 Rainbow Awards: Best Gay Erotic Romance
Honorable mention, 2012 Rainbow Awards: Best Gay Novel/Book
Winner, Armchair BEA Awards: Best Thriller and Best Erotica
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-42-1 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-58-2
Page Count: 317 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Romantic Suspense
When All the World Sleeps, by Lisa Henry and J.A. Rock
March 24, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/when-all-world-sleeps
$7.99 ebook • $17.99 trade paperback
Daniel Whitlock is terrified of going to sleep: he sleepwalks, with no memory of his actions.
Including burning down Kenny Cooper’s house—with Kenny inside it—after Kenny brutally
beat him for being gay. Daniel isolates himself in a cabin in the woods and chains himself to
his bed at night. When local cop Joe Belman saves Daniel from a retaliatory fire, he discovers
that Daniel might not be what everyone thinks: killer, liar, tweaker, freak. Bel agrees to control
Daniel at night . . . only to find that he likes being in charge. Daniel need Bel’s help to slay his
demons once and for all—assuming Bel is willing to risk everything to stand by him.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-078-9 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-079-6
Page Count: ~405 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Free Falling, by SE Jakes
March 10, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/free-falling
$4.99 ebook • $12.99 trade paperback
Sometimes falling in love is the most dangerous thing of all.
When Blue, a thief, meets Mick, a mercenary, Blue’s hit with a buzz of attraction like the rush
of a high-rise job. But after making plans to get together, Mick leaves him hanging, and Blue
vows never again. A year later, Blue stumbles into the middle of one of Mick’s jobs. Risking his
cover and their lives, Mick saves Blue and cares for him as he recuperates. When Mick then
disappears, Blue goes after him, determined to return the favor and rescue the man he loves,
no matter the cost.
“[R]omance so hot [it’ll] leave burn marks on your fingers.”
—Christopher Rice, New York Times bestselling novelist
eBook ISBN:978-1-62649-136-6 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-137-3
Page Count: ~135 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Dirty Deeds (Dirty Deeds, #1), by SE Jakes
January 13, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/dirty-deeds-dirty-deeds-1
$3.99 ebook
Two seasoned operatives finally meet their match: each other.
Cillian’s specialty is deep undercover assignments with virtually no support. He’s been alone for
so long that he no longer knows anything else. Mal’s also used to being alone, and his current
assignment is to track Cillian in order to discover the spook’s endgame. Except he’s no longer
sure which one of them is getting played. Cillian isn’t about to let the mission that’s consumed
him for the past several years crumble, but Mal forces his way through Cillian’s defenses—and
into his heart—exposing a devastating betrayal that could destroy them both.
“SE Jakes writes the books I want to read - hot, sexy, emotional and action-packed.”
—HelenKay Dimon, award-winning author
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-093-2 • Page Count: 94 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Romantic Suspense
long time gone (Hell or High Water, #2), by SE Jakes
October 28, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/long-time-gone
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Prophet Drews always worked alone—until Tom Boudreaux became his partner. But Tom
walked away three months ago to keep Prophet safe. Even with half a world between them,
Prophet can’t get the man out of his head. Maybe that’s why he’s in New Orleans in the middle
of a hurricane, protecting Tom’s aunt. Their explosive reunion gets even hotter when Tom is
arrested for murder. As they fight to clear his name, they find enemies everywhere. Staying alive
is hard enough, but they soon discover that fighting to stay together is the most difficult thing
they’ve ever done.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-060-4 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-061-1
Page Count: 270 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Catch a Ghost (Hell or High Water, #1), by SE Jakes
September 9, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/catch-ghost
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Everyone knows that Prophet—former Navy SEAL, former CIA spook—works alone. But
his boss has just assigned Proph a new partner and a case haunted by ghosts from Proph’s past.
Tom Boudreaux—failed FBI agent, failed sheriff, full-time believer in bad luck—is wondering
why a private contracting firm has hunted him down to offer him a job. Still, he’s determined
to succeed this time. Together, Prophet and Tom must find a way to take down killers in the
dangerous world of underground cage matches while fighting their own dangerous attraction.
When they find themselves caught in the crossfire, these two loners must trust each other and
work together to escape their ghosts . . . or pay the price.
“. . . an instant favorite.” —Jayne Rylon, New York Times bestselling author
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-038-3 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-039-0
Page Count: 250 • Heat Wave: Explicit
The Gravedigger’s Brawl, by Abigail Roux
October 15, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/gravedigger’s-brawl
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
When the past comes back to haunt you, order a double.
Dr. Wyatt Case is never happier than in the halls of his history museum. Playing wingman for
his friend at Gravedigger’s Tavern throws him out of his comfort zone, but not nearly as much
as the eccentric bartender, Ash Lucroix. Ash is exuberant, quirky, and elbow deep in a Gaslight
lifestyle that weaves history into everyday life. Within hours, Wyatt and Ash are hooked. But
strange things are afoot at Gravedigger’s, and they soon start wondering if they’re seeing ghosts,
or if they are going crazy. The answer could end more than just their fragile relationship—it
might also end their lives.
2nd place, 2013 Rainbow Awards: Best Gay PNM Romance
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-63-6 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-53-7
Page Count: 256 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Romantic Suspense
Dark Soul, by Aleksandr Voinov
October 28, 2012
www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/collections/dark-soul-complete-collection
$17.99 trade paperback • Available in ebooks Volume 1 through 5, see website for details
Love lights even the darkest soul.
A killer’s moral compass rarely points true, and among made men, being gay is a capital crime.
But when Silvio Spadaro, heir to a Family fortune, is sent to help the happily-married mob
boss Stefano Marino with a turf war, sparks fly. Stefano loves his wife, but he wants Silvio. It’s a
desire he hardly knows how to process, and he struggles to resist Silvio’s ruthless seduction. Yet
there’s no denying the magnetic pull, or his own long-repressed urges. Yielding is inevitable, but
he may yet find a way to hold on to everything—and everyone—he loves.
“[T]aut, focused, and perfect . . .” — Dear Author
“[C]ompletely addictive.” — Smexy Books
“[W]ickedly dark and sinful . . . a rough and raw erotic romance that sets the pages on fire.”
— Heroes and Heartbreakers
Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-31-5 • Page Count: 286 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Romantic Fantasy
Lying with Scorpions (Memory of Scorpions, #2), by Aleksandr Voinov
January 20, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/lying-scorpions
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
If you lie with scorpions, you’d better have a taste for poison.
Now that Kendras’s lover Adrastes has claimed the throne of Dalman, Kendras is tangled
deeper than ever in politics and intrigue. As the new leader of the Scorpions, only he and his
men stand between Adrastes and those who wish him dead. Adrastes means them to be a
fearsome legion again, but Kendras must first learn to lead them and replace the fallen. As both
Kendras and Adrastes settle old scores, a new potential enemy arises in Commander Graukar.
But while Adrastes aims to either rule or destroy Graukar, Kendras finds himself doubting
Adrastes for the first time, and sharing more with Graukar than he ever thought possible.
“ . . . the intrigue, the doubts and desires. It never really stops.” — Prism Book Alliance
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-110-6 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-111-3
Page Count: 320 • Heat Wave: Explicit
scorpion (Memory of Scorpions, #1), by Aleksandr Voinov
May 27, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/scorpion-memory-scorpions-1
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Never stop fighting.
Kendras is a casualty of war: injured, penniless, and separated from the only family he’s ever
had—the elite fighting force known as the Scorpions. When a mercenary offers him shelter in
exchange for submission and a secret task, Kendras accepts. He is a Scorpion; he’ll do whatever
it takes to survive and find his officer, the man who held Kendras’s heart long before Steel tried
to take it. Kendras must fight through a morass of politics and intrigue for his lost lover—but
he soon realizes that nothing less than the birth of an Empire is at stake.
“[A] rich piece of storytelling . . .” — Delighted Reader
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-013-0 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-014-7
Page Count: 274 • Heat Wave: Explicit
all my crimes, by Tal Valante
June 25, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/all-my-crimes
$2.99 ebook • $4.99 trade paperback
Teregryn Eve, the human king’s former right-hand man, has spent two years recovering his
health and magic in the aftermath of the elven war. He’d rather retire from the world of men,
but a malevolent spirit forces him on a quest to save the king. The elves are dead to the last, so
who’s the mysterious assassin? And why has his king—who was once so much more to him—
forsaken him? As a web of lies and love unfolds around him, Teregryn must fight the past and
present in a desperate bid to protect the future.
“[A]n absolutely absorbing story.” — Live Your Life, Buy the Book
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-43-8 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-93-3
Page Count: 39 • Heat Wave: Sensual
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Romantic Fantasy
counterpoint (Song of the Fallen, #1), by Rachel Haimowitz
December 12, 2011 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/counterpoint-song-fallen-1
$7.99 ebook • $17.99 trade paperback
Depleted by generations of war with a dark race, the human kingdoms and their ancient
alliance stand on the brink of extinction. Elfkind, estranged by past crimes, watches and waits
for nature to run its course. Until elven warrior Ayden is captured in battle and enslaved in the
service of a human prince. Freyrik Farr has always known elves to be beautiful and dangerous,
but never has one affected him as deeply as Ayden. Can his life of service to his people leave
room for this attraction? Dancing on a dagger’s edge between duty and high treason, Freyrik
and Ayden discover that some choices can change a life, and some an entire world.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-19-3 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-20-9
Page Count: 414 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Science Fiction Romance
Bliss, by Lisa Henry and Heidi Belleau
August 18, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/bliss
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
They’re always happy.
Rory James has worked hard all his life to become a citizen of the idyllic city-state of Beulah: no
crime or pollution, a house and food for everyone. Tate Patterson is also finally in Beulah—as a
thief. A city without crime seems like an easy score, until he arrested for assaulting Rory during
his getaway. Instead of jail, Tate is enrolled in Beulah’s Rehabilitation through Restitution
program, fitted with a behavior-modifying chip that leaves him unable to disobey orders—any
orders. Worse, the chip prevents him from telling Rory the truth. In a country without prisons,
Tate is locked inside his own mind.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-138-0 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-139-7
Page Count: ~320 • Heat Wave: Explicit
King of Dublin, by Lisa Henry and Heidi Belleau
February 24, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/king-dublin
$7.99 ebook • $17.99 trade paperback
Twenty years after a deadly pandemic ravaged the world, Darragh Fearghal Anluan and the
people of his village have carved out a simple life in the Irish countryside. But with winter
comes sickness. Darragh travels to Dublin in search of medicine but finds a ruined city ruled
by a madman, where scavenging is punishable by death . . . or conscription. Ciaran Daly came
to Ireland with aid and optimism, but instead was enslaved by the so-called King of Dublin.
After months of abuse from the king and his men, he doesn’t think this newcomer will be any
different. Except Ciaran finds himself increasingly drawn to Darragh. Rebellions and rival
gangs threaten the king’s power, but not nearly as much as Darragh and Ciaran—whose only
hope for freedom is the fall of the king.
“Powerful. Brutal. Hopeful.” — Attention is Arbitrary
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-097-0 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-096-3
Page Count: 382 • Heat Wave: Explicit
strain, by Amelia C. Gormley
February 17, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/strain
$7.99 ebook • $17.99 trade paperback
Finally exposed to the lethal virus that destroyed civilization, Rhys Cooper’s only hope for
survival is sexual infection by another strain. Only with Darius, the leader of the squadron who
rescued him, does the pleasure of attempted transmission eclipse the humiliation. But with
each passing day, it looks less and less likely that Rhys can be saved. Which means that Darius
might have to put a bullet in the head of the one person in years who reminds him of what it
means to be human.
“[V]iscerally realistic and emotionally compelling. [A] must read.” — Gravetells
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-071-0 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-070-3
Page Count: 385 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Science Fiction Romance
Static, by L.A. Witt
January 20, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/static
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
After two years together, Alex has been dreading the inevitable moment when Damon learns
the truth: that Alex is a shifter, and able to switch genders at will. But thanks to a forced
implant, Alex is suddenly static—unable to shift—and male. Overnight, he’s out to a world
that neither understands nor tolerates shifters . . . and to his heterosexual boyfriend. Damon
is stunned but refuses to abandon Alex, but what about their relationship? Damon is straight,
and with the implant dangerous to remove, Alex is stuck as a man. Stripped of half his identity
and facing serious physical and social ramifications, Alex needs Damon more than ever, but he
doesn’t see how they can get through this. Especially if he’s static forever.
Winner, 2013 EPIC Awards, Best Science Fiction Romance
Finalist, 24th annual Lambda Literary Awards, Best Transgender Fiction
Winner, 2011 Rainbow Awards, Best Bisexual/Transgender Sci-Fi/Paranromal/Fantasy
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-102-1 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-103-8
Page Count: 283 • Heat Wave: Sweet
In Discretion (A Ylendrian Empire Novella), by Reesa Herberth
December 30, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/discretion-ylendrian-empire-novella
$3.99 ebook
Thanson Nez thought his career as a Discretionary would take him to the stars, not strand him
on a space station at the ass-end of the Empire. He’s carrying a secret he can’t get rid of fast
enough, but his oath to the guild means death if he shares it. Desperate for help, he runs into
yet more trouble: his ex, and an explosion that paralyzes the station. Kazra Ferdow is almost as
blindsided by the return of his first love as he is by the sudden loss of power and life support. The
station is a floating graveyard in the making, and something is turning its inhabitants into savage
killers. Fighting human monsters and damaged tech, the two must put aside their past long
enough to save everyone. The more light they shine into dark corners, the more Thanson realizes
how many people might die for the secrets locked in his head—and what he’s willing to sacrifice
to make sure Kazra isn’t one of them.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-094-9 • Page Count: 114 • Heat Wave: Steamy
Mindscape, by Tal Valante
December 23, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/mindscape
$3.99 ebook
The truth will set you free.
Mark Sayre joins the Interstellar Navy for the money, hardly expecting to fall for his his
commanding officer, Shane Cawley—and Resonance partner, a one-in-ten-thousand mental
connection so profound that they can travel in each other’s mindscapes. Shane hardly expects
to fall for the quirky, happy-go-lucky Mark. But as the Resonance between them grows, neither
can deny what he feels for the other. When war breaks out, Mark and Shane find their military
training and their Resonance link tested to the edge of sanity. But with help from an unlikely
ally, they may be able to salvage their futures and the love they share.
“[A] quick and enthralling read.” —The Oddness of Moving Things
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-091-8 • Page Count: 108 • Heat Wave: Sweet
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Science Fiction Romance
Falling Sky: The Complete Collection, by L.A. Witt
August 5, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/collections/falling-sky
$7.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Liam Lansing is heir to a prominent family of bio-modified vampires. That is, until he chooses
the wrong lover and is cast down to the Gutter to scrape for his life. Daniel Harding is heir to
Cybernetix and a prince of the corporate Sky. That is, until his ideology drives his father to put
a price on his head, forcing him into the Gutter. Years of anger and a heap of mods have kept
Daniel and Liam apart. They have no reason to trust each other, but a bargain that began with
the simple urge to live soon reminds them of the love they once shared. Together, they plan
to rip open the hidden corruption that runs the Sky—for vengeance, for justice, and for hope.
Only through courage in the face of death—or worse—might Daniel and Liam change the
world they live in and create something new under the sun.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-041-3 • eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-040-6
Page Count: 303 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Includes: Something New Under the Sun • A Chip in His Shoulder
Something New Under the Sun (Falling Sky, #2), by L.A. Witt
January 21, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/something-new-under-sun
$6.99 ebook
Liam Lansing and Daniel Harding have both been driven to the Gutter, but they won’t
vanish meekly into the smog. Together, they plan to rip open the hidden corruption that
runs the Sky—for vengeance, for justice, and for hope. They strike against the corporations
in a daring raid. When everything goes wrong, Daniel must betray his core beliefs to save the
man he loves and protect his dangerous secret. Only through courage in the face of death—or
worse—might he and Liam change the world they live in and create something new under the
sun.
Winner, 2013 Rainbow Awards: Best Gay SF/Futuristic
Honorable Mention, 2013 Rainbow Awards: Best Gay Novel
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-88-9 • Page Count: 212 • Heat Wave: Explicit
A Chip in His Shoulder (Falling Sky, #1), by L.A. Witt
November 7, 2011 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/chip-his-shoulder
$2.99 ebook
Cast down from the wealth of the Sky for taking a human lover, cyber-modded vampire Liam
works as an assassin in the poor and pollution-choked Gutter. Liam’s ex-lover Daniel is the heir
to Cybernetix, but he’d rather destroy it; he’s horrified by people less man than machine and
the exploitation of Gutter factory workers. Years of anger and a heap of mods have kept Daniel
and Liam apart, but when Liam is hired to slaughter a man in his glass Sky tower, he walks into
a Daniel-shaped trap. Daniel’s father has betrayed them both, and only by working together can
Daniel and Liam survive the coming day.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-12-4 • Page Count: 84 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Science Fiction Romance
Fragile Bond, by Rhi Etzweiler
February 18, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/fragile-bond
$5.99 ebook
Sniper Sergeant Marc Staille is on duty at a mining operation on a backwater planet. The
resource-rich valley is crawling with tawnies: deadly predators that hunt in packs and use
pheromones as a weapon. Commander Hamm Orsonna is determined to chase off the invaders.
The one he captures is scrawny and hairless, but smells like he’s interested in making things
right. He smells of other things too, but nobody else seems to notice. Before long, Hamm finds
himself protecting the alien, who might be his people’s only hope for peace, and Hamm’s only
chance for happiness.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-91-9 • Page Count: 197 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Santuario, by G.B. Gordon
October 8, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/santuario
$4.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Police teniente Alex Rukow has spent his life trapped on Santuario, where his people have lived
in poverty under the tyrannical regime of their own familias for 200 years—ever since the
Skanians banished their people there. Shamed by the decisions of their ancestors, the Skanians
seek to open their borders. But dissent exists on both sides, and in the midst of this explosive
political situation, a Santuarian is murdered. Bengt, a Skanian investigator, is sent to lead the
investigation. He thinks things can’t get worse than the brutal climate and a growing attraction
to a partner who will barely speak to him. But then he and Alex run afoul of the local familias,
and the problems with their investigation and their budding relationship seem like nothing
compared to just getting out of the whole mess alive.
“I felt a frisson of excitement as I read the first page . . . and realized I was in the presence of a
major new writer.”— Lambda Literary
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-64-3 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-65-0
Page Count: 258 • Heat Wave: Sensual
Circuit Theory, by Kirby Crow and Reya Starck
July 30, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/circuit-theory
$2.99 ebook
Dante and Byron are avatars: digital representations of their ideal, human selves. In reality,
they live far apart, but they share most of their waking hours together in a virtual world called
Synth. Navigating the system rules of virtual lovers is like steering through a minefield of deceit,
suspicion, heartbreak, and half-truths. Under pressure, Dante makes a friendship that trips
Byron’s warning bells, disrupting their carefully-ordered lives and calling into question the
wisdom of trusting your heart to a man you can never touch in the flesh.
By EPIC Award winning author Kirby Crow.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-47-6 • Page Count: 53 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Science Fiction Romance
Incursion, by Aleksandr Voinov
July 9, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/incursion
$3.99 ebook
Kyle Juenger jumps at the chance to hunt a shape-shifting Glyrinny spy. He can use the reward
to replace his paralyzed legs with cyberware, and he hates the morphs. His best lead is the
mercenary ship Scorpion. Her pilot, Grimm, is from the same home world, and seems like
everything Kyle lost with his legs. But Grimm’s been twisted by life as a merc, and Kyle’s stuck
undercover. Besides, Kyle has other concerns—like tracking a dangerous morph who could be
wearing anyone’s face. And as if things weren’t complicated enough, Kyle can’t tell if Grimm is
part of the solution . . . or part of the problem.
Semifinalist, Goodreads Choice Awards 2012: Best Science Fiction
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-45-2 • Page Count: 83 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Grown Men, by Damon Suede
October 30, 2011 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/grown-men
$3.99 ebook
Marooned in the galactic backwaters of the HardCell company, Runt struggles on a newlyterraformed planetoid, doing the work of two since his clone-wife died on entry. When an
overdue crate of provisions arrives, Runt searches for a replacement wife among the tools
and food. Instead he gets Ox, a mute hulk who seems more like a corporate assassin than a
farmer. Shackwacky and near-starving, Runt has no choice but to work with Ox despite his
paranoia and Ox’s unsettling, genetically altered pheromones. Between desire and the seeds of
a relationship, Runt’s fears and Ox’s inhuman past collide on a fertile world where hope and
love just might have room to grow.
eBook ISBN: 978-19-37551-10-0 • Page Count: 109 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Historical Romance
The Crimson Outlaw, by Alex Beecroft
August 12, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/crimson-outlaw
$3.99 ebook
Love is the greatest outlaw of all.
Vali Florescu, heir to a powerful boyar, flees his father’s cruelty to seek his fortune in the
Carpathian forests. There he expects to prove himself worthy of returning to depose his
tyrannical father. But when he is ambushed by Mihai Roscat, the Crimson Outlaw, he is
surprisingly happy to be captured instead. Mihai has long sought revenge against Vali’s father,
who forced him into a life of banditry. To earn their freedom and that of the people, they must
forge their love into the spear-point of a revolution and win a better world for all.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-053-6 • Page Count: 121 • Heat Wave: Steamy
Unhinge the universe, by Aleksandr Voinov and L.A. Witt
July 15, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/unhinge-universe
$7.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Give me one fixed point and a long enough lever, and I’ll unhinge the universe.
— Archimedes
December 1944 – The Battle of the Bulge. SS Lieutenant Hagen Friedrichs is the sole survivor
of a party sent to retrieve his brother from behind enemy lines. But his daring rescue attempt
fails, and Hagen becomes the prisoner. Allied command has ordered Captain John Nicholls
to extract critical intelligence from their new Nazi POW. His secrets could turn the tide of
the war, but are they real? As captor and captive form an unexpected bond, the lines quickly
blur between enemy, friend, and lover.
Honorable Mention, 2013 Rainbow Awards: Best Gay Historical Romance
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-046-8 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-047-5
Page Count: 286 • Heat Wave: Explicit
The Laird’s Forbidden Lover, by Amelia C. Gormley
May 6, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/lairds-forbidden-lover
$3.99 ebook
Farm lad Iain Munro knows his love affair with Tavish MacIntyre, future Laird of CreachannDubh, is dangerous. But they’ve been in love since they were boys, and they’ve never been able
to resist each other, even though Tavish’s demanding mother would see him respectably wed,
and his interfering sister knows too much. Facing a lifetime apart, Iain and Tavish must choose
between honor and love, innocence and happiness, and their vows before God and to each
other.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-020-8 • Page Count: 78 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Historical Romance
Blessed Isle, by Alex Beecroft
December 31, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/blessed-isle
$3.99 ebook
A timeless love as dangerous as the sea.
For Captain Harry Thompson, command of the HMS Banshee is his opportunity to prove his
worth, working-class origins be damned. But his attraction to his upper-crust First Lieutenant,
Garnet Littleton, threatens all he’s worked for. Lust is the least of his problems, however; a
monstrous storm shipwrecks him and Garnet. After months of solitary paradise, the journey
back to civilization is the ultimate test of their feelings for each other. These two very different
men each record their story for an unfathomable future in which the tale of their love—
punishable by death in their own time—can finally be told.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-83-4 • Page Count: 103 • Heat Wave: Sensual
Mark of the Gladiator, by Heidi Belleau and Violetta Vane
November 26, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/mark-gladiator
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
The gladiator Anazâr is contracted to nobleman Lucius Marianus to train his stable of female
fighters. Anazâr is surprised by his eagerness. Perhaps it’s because Marianus is handsome,
dignified, and honorable. But a rivalry between Marianus and his brother sparks a murder
conspiracy, with Anazâr caught in the middle. One brother might offer salvation . . . but
which? And in a world where life is worth less than the whims of a master, can there be room
for love? As a gladiator, Anazâr’s defenses are near impenetrable. But as a man, he learns to his
cost that no armor or shield can truly protect his heart.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-59-9 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-60-5
Page Count: 279 • Heat Wave: Explicit
The City War, by Sam Starbuck
November 19, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/city-war
$3.99 ebook
Senator Marcus Brutus has spent his life serving Rome, but it’s difficult to be a patriot when
the Republic, barely recovered from civil war, is under threat by its own leader. Brutus’s one
retreat is his country home, where he steals a few precious days now and then with Cassius.
Cassius fears both Caesar’s intentions and Brutus’s interest in Tiresias, the villa’s mysterious new
servant, and proposes a conspiracy to assassinate Caesar. Now Brutus must return to Rome and
choose: not only between Cassius and Tiresias, but between preserving the fragile status quo of
Rome and killing a man who would be emperor.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-56-8 • Page Count: 123 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Historical Romance
He Is Worthy, by Lisa Henry
November 12, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/he-worthy
$3.99 ebook
Novius Senna is part of the emperor’s inner circle at a time when being Nero’s friend is almost
as dangerous as being his enemy. He hates what he’s become to keep his family safe. He hates
Nero more. Aenor is a newly-enslaved Bructeri trader, brutalized and humiliated for Nero’s
entertainment, but not entirely cowed. He’s also exactly what Senna needs: a slave strong
enough to help him assassinate Nero. It’s suicide, but it’s worth it. Senna and Aenor have
nothing left to lose, except the one thing they never expected to find—each other.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-54-4 • Page Count: 124 • Heat Wave: Explicit
The Left Hand of Calvus, by L.A. Witt
November 5, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/left-hand-calvus
$5.99 ebook • $15.99 trade paperback
Gladiator Saevius is certain fortune’s smiling on him when he’s sold to be a bodyguard. But his
new master orders him to discover the gladiator with whom his wife is having an affair. To do
that, Saevius must return to the arena as a spy. Worse, he’s now under the command of Drusus,
a notoriously cruel—and yet strangely intriguing—lanista. When he learns the truth about
the affair, he knows he must betray one of his masters: one he’s come to fear, one he’s come to
respect, and both of whom could have him killed without repercussion.
Winner, 2013 Rainbow Awards: Best Transgender Novel
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-61-2 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-78-0
Page Count: 206 • Heat Wave: Sweet
Skybound, by Aleksandr Voinov
August 20, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/skybound
$2.99 ebook • $4.99 trade paperback
Love soars.
Germany, 1945. Felix, a young mechanic, secretly yearns for fighter ace Baldur Vogt. When
Baldur narrowly cheats death, he takes leave to recover, and he takes Felix with him. Away
from the pressures of the airfield, their bond deepens, and Baldur shows Felix the kind of
brotherhood he’d only ever dreamed of before. But there’s no escaping the war, and they must
return. As the Allies close in on the airfield where Felix waits for his lover, Baldur must act
upon the truth that he is no longer the only one in mortal danger.
“[B]eautifully written . . . infused with longing.” — All Romance Ebooks, Recommended Read
All Romance eBooks Top Pick
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-49-0 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-82-7
Page Count: 44 • Heat Wave: Sensual
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Paranormal/UF Romance
Shadows & Dreams (Kate Kane: Paranormal Investigator, #2), by Alexis Hall
June 16, 2014 • $7.99 ebook • $17.99 trade paperback
riptidepublishing.com/titles/shadows-dreams-kate-kane-paranormal-investigator-2
Second rule in this line of business: be careful who you kill.
I don’t know which is more dangerous: my job, or my girlfriend. My job makes me the goto girl for every supernatural mystery in London. My girlfriend’s an eight-hundred-year-old
vampire prince. Honestly, I think it’s probably a tie. A few weeks ago, I was hired for a simple
missing person case. Next thing I know, I’m being arrested for murder. Something ancient,
evil, and scary as hell is on the loose and looking for payback. The vampires are in chaos, the
werewolves are culling everything, and the Witch Queen can’t protect everyone. Which means
it’s down to me. And all I’ve got to hold back the shadows is a stiff drink, a quirky sidekick,
my creepy ex-boyfriend, and the woman who left me for a tech startup. It’s going to be another
interesting day.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-100-7 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-101-4
Page Count: 362 • Heat Wave: Steamy
Iron & velvet (Kate Kane: Paranormal Investigator, #1), by Alexis Hall
December 16, 2013 • $6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/iron-velvet-kate-kane-paranormal-investigator-1
First rule in this line of business: don’t sleep with the client.
When an eight-hundred-year-old vampire prince came to me with a case, I should have told
her no. But I’ve always been a sucker for a femme fatale. It always goes the same way: move too
fast, get in too deep, and before you know it, someone winds up dead. Yesterday a werewolf was
murdered outside the Velvet, the night-time playground of one of the most powerful vampires
in England. Now half the monsters in London are at each other’s throats, and the other half are
trying to get in my pants. I’ve got a killer on the loose, a war on the horizon, and a scotch on
the rocks. It’s going to be an interesting day.
All Romance eBooks Staff Pick
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-048-2 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-049-9
Page Count: 277 • Heat Wave: Steamy
Devil at the Crossroads, by Cornelia Grey
September 23, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/devil-crossroads
$2.99 ebook
The devil covets more than his soul ...
Six years ago, Logan Hart sold his soul to become the greatest bluesman ever—and now the
devil has come to collect. The irony is that Logan squandered his gift. High on fame, money,
and drugs, he ignored his muse and neglected his music. And now it’s too late for redemption.
All that’s left is to try to go out with some dignity. But Farfarello isn’t ready to drag him down
to Hell quite yet. He’s just spent six years whipping a bluesman into shape, and he refuses to let
that—or the opportunity for more sinful pleasures—go to waste.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-058-1 • Page Count: 75 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Paranormal/UF Romance
Gleams of a Remoter World, by Fiona Glass
October 22, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/gleams-remoter-world
$4.99 ebook • $15.99 trade paperback
Paranormal journalists Chris Mullins and Jo Perry are sent to Ireland to investigate hauntings
at a ruined church, where Chris faces an otherworldly encounter so strong it leaves him reeling.
Their research leads to a tangled web of forbidden love, family rows, and even, possibly, murder.
Chris is eager to solve the mystery and claim the coveted Moondust Award, a prize for the first
journalist who proves that ghosts exist. Jo is less enthusiastic, both about the award and her
on-off relationship with Chris. Things become even more confused when Chris finds himself
falling for Paulie, one half of a gay couple on holiday in the same village.
Finalist, Bisexual Book Awards: Best Bisexual Speculative Fiction
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-67-4 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-76-6
Page Count: 247 • Heat Wave: Sweet
Cruce de Caminos, by Heidi Belleau and Violetta Vane
May 21, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/cruce-de-caminos
$2.99 ebook
Street kid Sean O’Hara never had it easy, but New Orleans has driven him to his knees. His
girlfriend’s left him for a sugar daddy, and he’s down to his last two OxyContin. A familiarseeming stranger named Ángel may be his ticket to some cash, but only if Sean’s willing to
help him indulge a high-class john’s weird fetish. What at first seems merely strange soon
crosses into supernatural and sinister. And Ángel, the man Sean had viewed as a partner and
protector, might also be his otherworldly judge and executioner.
All Romance eBooks Top Pick
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-38-4 • Page Count: 51 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Few Are Chosen, by Storm Grant
February 20, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/few-are-chosen
$2.99 ebook
Apprentice warrior Blake St. Blake is the Chosen One, raised by an ancient order to defend the
world against evil. When Blake is sent off to his very first demon battle, another Chosen One
gets in the way—an apprentice wizard named Shadow. While the boys argue about who’s the
more chosen of the two, the demon escapes. Blake wants to be angry, but Shadow’s pretty cute,
and Blake can’t help but think their skills might complement each other. Blake and Shadow are
brave enough to challenge the demon again, but will they have the courage to tell each other
how they feel?
Winner, Bookie Award: Best Young Adult, short story
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-22-3 • Page Count: 46 • Heat Wave: Sensual
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Paranormal/UF Romance
Blacker than Black, by Rhi Etzweiler
January 23, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/blacker-black
$7.99 ebook • $17.99 trade paperback
My twin and I have been Nightwalkers in the blue-light district since the vamps took over
the world. Most of us don’t last long selling our chi. We risk even more by stealing some back.
Monsieur Garthelle is the first john to catch me. He calls me a thief in one breath and offers
absolution—servitude—in the next. He forces us to spy on his peers. Then a vamp turns up
dead, and we go from spying to investigating a murder. This isn’t what I signed up for. All I ever
wanted was to sell a little chi, maybe steal some in return. I should’ve kept my damn hands to
myself. This is my story. Look through my eyes.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-05-6 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-25-4
Page Count: 406 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Erotica and BDSM
If It Drives (A Market Garden Tale)
by Aleksandr Voinov and L.A. Witt
March 31, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/if-it-drives
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
If it flies, drives, or fornicates, it’s cheaper to rent it.
After driving James Harcourt, his wealthy banker boss, around for a year and a half, Cal isn’t
surprised by much anymore. Not even James’s regular trips to Market Garden, London’s most
elite gay brothel. But when James leaves the Garden alone one night and turns to Cal instead,
Cal’s floored. After crushing on his boss for ages, it’s his wet dream come true . . . until the
awkward morning after. Cal still has a job to do, but he wants to offer more. Yet James doesn’t
take him up on it. As Cal learns what James needs from the rentboys, he tries to fill that need
himself. But there’s more to James’s penchant for rentboys than Cal realises, and it may be one
role that Cal can’t fill without overstepping his duty.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-108-3 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-109-0
Page Count: 221 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Payoff (A Market Garden Tale)
by Aleksandr Voinov and L.A. Witt
February 3, 20143 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/payoff
$2.99 ebook
For love or money . . .
Tristan and Jared have got it made. When they aren’t raking in the cash together at Market
Garden, they’re burning up their own sheets and getting closer by the day. But something isn’t
right. Tristan’s on edge, and Jared doesn’t understand why. Before they can hash things out,
their services are requested by none other than Rolex. And Rolex doesn’t just want to be a
bystander this time. He wants Jared while Tristan watches, and he’s more than willing to pay for
it. But Tristan’s reached a breaking point, and even that huge wad of cash might not be enough
to keep tonight’s arrangement from crashing and burning.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-104-5 • Page Count: 57 • Heat Wave: Explicit
capture & surrender (A Market Garden Tale)
by L.A. Witt and Aleksandr Voinov
August 18, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/capture-surrender-market-garden-tale
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Ever since his partner died, Frank wards off the loneliness by playing paintball and running his
high-end brothel, the Market Garden. His newest rentboy, a former US soldier named Stefan, is
hot, bold, and perfect, except Frank has a rule about not getting involved with his rentboys. But
during a frisky game of paintball, Stefan captures Frank using stealth and cunning, and makes it
clear that he’ll do anything to keep a hold of him off the field too.
Honorable Mention, 2013 Rainbow Awards: Best LGBT Erotic Romance
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-029-1 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-030-7
Page Count: 225 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Erotica and BDSM
If It Fornicates (A Market Garden Tale), by L.A. Witt and Aleksandr Voinov
June 10, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/if-it-fornicates-market-garden-tale
$5.99 ebook
As a Dom and a sadist, Nick is a top earner at the Market Garden. It’s good, easy money—or
at least it used to be. But now he’s dating Spencer, a beautifully submissive former client and
closeted corporate lawyer, and Nick’s finding himself bored by his clients and distracted by
thoughts of Spencer. Now Nick has to make a choice: give up his financial independence, or
walk away from the only man he’s ever loved.
Winner, 2013 Rainbow Awards: Best LGBT Erotica
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-027-7 • Page Count: 155 • Heat Wave: Explicit
If It Flies (A Market Garden Tale), by L.A. Witt and Aleksandr Voinov
March 11, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/if-it-flies-market-garden-tale
$4.99 ebook
If it flies, drives, or fornicates, it’s cheaper to rent it.
Long hours at the law firm are sucking the life out of Spencer. He’s lonely, horny, and itching
for something new, so he tries the Market Garden. There he finds Nick, a Dom and sadist
with whom Spencer explores the submissive, masochistic side he never knew he had. But as
time goes on, it’s clear their strictly professional arrangement . . . isn’t, but Nick’s one hard
limit is no romantic entanglements with his johns.
Winner, 2013 Rainbow Awards: Best LGBT Erotica
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-004-8 • Page Count: 139 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Take It Off (A Market Garden Tale), by Aleksandr Voinov and L.A. Witt
February 25, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/take-it-market-garden-tale
$2.99 ebook • $4.99 trade paperback
Turnabout is foreplay.
Market Garden rentboys Tristan and Jared have found their niche. Men pay good money
to watch Tristan tease Jared, but Tristan is less and less interested in the cash these days. He
wants his partner in crime. But is Jared just in this for the pay? When the john who started it
all returns to Market Garden, the boys jump on the opportunity. The john isn’t the only one
itching for a rematch, though. Jared’s been waiting to get back at Tristan for teasing him so
mercilessly the first time. And for a former stripper, revenge is a dish best served extra hot.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-002-4 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-003-1
Page Count: 47 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Erotica and BDSM
Quid Pro Quo (A Market Garden Tale), by Aleksandr Voinov and L.A. Witt
January 7, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/quid-pro-quo
$2.99 ebook • $4.99 trade paperback
Jared sells sex at Market Garden, but business is slow before Christmas. Though his wallet
finds the downtime unnerving, the rest of him enjoys the chance to admire Tristan, an old
hand Jared’s been crushing on for months. Then a businessman asks to book them both. They
agree—and Jared finds himself going from crush to mind-bending lust as he’s made the pawn
in a sexual power game. Tristan shows him how a pro handles a john while delivering the topshelf sex for which the Market Garden is renowned.
“O]h so sexy . . . I loved every moment” — Smexy Books
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-89-6 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-90-2
Page Count: 43 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Bound to be a Groom, by Megan Mulry
April 14, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/bound-to-be-a-groom
$6.99 ebook • $15.99 trade paperback
Sometimes our wildest dreams come true.
In the tumultuous summer of 1808, Spain and England are close to war and four young lovers
are close to ecstasy. What begins as a series of erotic escapades between Anna, Sebastian, Pia
and Farleigh soon evolves into a deep, unbreakable bond. Two men and two women who
yearn to explore are about to make their wildest dreams come true.
By USA Today bestselling author Megan Mulry.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-112-0 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-113-7
Page Count: 226 • Heat Wave: Explicit
To the Very Last Inch (The Professor’s Rule, #5)
by Heidi Belleau and Amelia C. Gormley
March 3, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/very-last-inch-professors-rule-5
$2.99 ebook
Just days after their scorching reunion, Professor Evander Carson has kicked his one-time
pupil James Sheridan to the curb. Something isn’t right here, but James isn’t sure he should
bother trying to figure out what. Carson isn’t good for him and will never change. Satish knows
something is up, too, but he thinks the relationship between Carson and James is worth saving.
To do the right thing, Satish will have to make James and Carson confront the secrets they’ve
hidden for years and help them to overcome the pain and mistrust they’ve caused. But if Satish
succeeds, where will that leave him and his intensifying romance with James? Will the three of
them be able to find the right balance, or will James be forced to choose between the pain and
submission he craves with Carson, and the sweet, vanilla stability he’s found with Satish?
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-128-1 • Page Count: 57 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Every Inch of the Way (The Professor’s Rule, #4)
by Heidi Belleau and Amelia C. Gormley
March 3, 2014 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/every-inch-way-professors-rule-4
$2.99 ebook
Satish Malhotra is in over his head. What appeared to be the hookup of his dreams turned out
to be another man’s kinky sex game, and thus ended his relationship with sweet, submissive
James Sheridan before it’d hardly begun. Or so he thought. Being used in someone else’s
domination/submission play should have been a deal breaker, yet James—bruises, boyfriend,
and all—is too compelling to let walk away. But James has needs Satish isn’t sure he can fulfill,
and it seems his mysterious Professor isn’t willing to share. Can Satish keep James happy in bed
and in life, or will James be forced to choose between his dominant and his burgeoning vanilla
romance with Satish?
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-127-4 • Page Count: 45 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Inch by Inch (The Professor’s Rule, #3), by Heidi Belleau and Amelia C. Gormley
December 16, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/inch-inch-professors-rule-3
$2.99 ebook
After two long, kink-free years apart, James Sheridan has reunited with his Professor: the sexy,
dominant Evander Carson. But this time, things will be different. James is older, more sure
of himself, and confident that he can draw the line between Carson’s demands and his own
principles. One of those lines is gorgeous Satish Malhotra. After their steamy encounter, James
feels an unexpected connection to Satish, and he wants to explore it further. But Carson’s
penchant for using other men in their sex games complicates things, and James is adamant that
Satish not be just another notch in their whipping post. But when Satish learns why James
pursued him in the first place, will James’s new ability to draw the line even matter?
“[A]mazingly well written scenes involving kinks and a Dom/sub dynamic that leaves you
panting.” —MM Good Book Reviews
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-095-6 • Page Count: 54 • Heat Wave: Explicit
an Inch at a time (The Professor’s Rule, #2)
by Heidi Belleau and Amelia C. Gormley
Sept. 16, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/inch-time
$2.99 ebook
James Sheridan is failing history. Luckily, his professor is a rumored pervert, and James isn’t
too proud to pay for a better grade with his body. Professor Carson lives up to his reputation,
but he’s not unethical enough to take sexual bribes. The deal? Studying, followed by a “quiz.”
Wrong answer? Spanking. Ace the final, earn some mindblowing sex. But the better James gets
at history, the more he realizes he likes getting answers wrong just as much as getting them
right.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-059-8 • Page Count: 62 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Erotica and BDSM
an Inch at a time (The Professor’s Rule, #2)
by Heidi Belleau and Amelia C. Gormley
Sept. 16, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/inch-time
$2.99 ebook
James Sheridan is failing history. Luckily, his professor is a rumored pervert, and James isn’t
too proud to pay for a better grade with his body. Professor Carson lives up to his reputation,
but he’s not unethical enough to take sexual bribes. The deal? Studying, followed by a “quiz.”
Wrong answer? Spanking. Ace the final, earn some mindblowing sex. But the better James
gets at history, the more he realizes he likes getting answers wrong just as much as getting
them right.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-059-8 • Page Count: 62 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Finding Master Right, by L.A. Witt
June 17, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/finding-master-right
$5.99 ebook • $15.99 trade paperback
It’s all fun and games until somebody falls in love.
Chase is at a leather convention, and he’s about to lose his mind. Not only is his ex attending,
but Chase is also rooming with Derek, a submissive he’s been dying to top. But no matter how
desperate Derek is to submit to Chase, he wants no part of a rebound relationship. Besides,
there’s another Dom, the gorgeous Master Raul, who Derek is determined to attract. But
Chase and Derek can only ignore their mutual attraction for so long.
2nd Place, 2013 Rainbow Awards: Best LGBT Erotic Romance
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-031-4 • Print ISBN:978-1-62649-054-3
Page Count: 169 • Heat Wave: Explicit
once a brat (Kinky Cupid, #1), by Kim Dare
February11, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/once-brat
$3.99 ebook
Experienced dominant Marcus Tremayne has a stalker. On the plus side, the boy following
him around his local leather club is gorgeous and a self-professed submissive. Unfortunately,
he’s also inexperienced and bratty. When Marcus gives in and agrees to do a scene with Bret,
sparks fly. One scene quickly becomes another, and another. But will it be a case of once a brat,
always a brat? Bret intends to prove to Marcus that—expectations and experiences aside—he
deserves his master’s collar.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-92-6 • Page Count: 95 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Erotica and BDSM
O Come All ye kinky, edited by Sarah Frantz, and featuring Ava March, Alexa Snow,
Elyan Smith, Jane Davitt, Joey W. Hill, Katie Porter, Kim Dare, and L.A. Witt
December 3, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/o-come-all-ye-kinky
$7.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Christmas is a time of love and joy, and the New Year is a time of renewal. But they are also times
of stress and strife, family drama, pressure and heartache—a potent mix of high expectations and
conflicted emotions. Add in power exchange relationships, kinky gift swaps, and unconventional
love in a sometimes unforgiving world, and you have a formula for a sizzling anthology of stories
that tug at your heart. 20% of all proceeds from O Come All Ye Kinky are donated to the National
Coalition for Sexual Freedom.
“[S]o, so sexy.” — USA Today
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-51-3 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-80-3
Page Count: 317 • Heat Wave: Explicit
power play:awakening, by Rachel Haimowitz and Cat Grant
June 11, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/power-play-awakening
$7.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Brandon is newly awakened to consensual power exchange, but fears he’s not strong enough
to submit. Jonathan sees Brandon’s iron core and wounded heart, and means to teach him
to heal the one with the other. It’s tough to stay objective, though, when he’s falling in love.
Shame Brandon’s only there for the payout at contract’s end—a fact that Jonathan must
remind himself of each day. For even as Brandon grows to love his place at Jonathan’s feet,
he’ll never love life with a sadist—especially one who cannot escape the public eye.
“Fast pacing and a smoothly developed storyline examines and dissects a sadist masochistic
relationship. [E]xplosively hot.” — 4.5 Stars, RT Book Reviews
2nd Place, 2012 Rainbow Awards: Best LGBT Erotica
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-32-2 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-44-5
Page Count: 292 • Heat Wave: Explicit
power play: resistance, by Rachel Haimowitz and Cat Grant
April 9, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/power-play-resistance
$7.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Brandon McKinney has scraped and sacrificed for what little he’s ever had, and though he’s
accepted being gay, he’s ashamed and confused by his deeply-repressed desire to submit.
Jonathan Watkins is a self-made billionaire, happy to Dominate but wary of romance. After a
sizzling encounter with Brandon, he makes an offer: Submit for six months, and I’ll show you a
whole new world. Brandon doesn’t care about that; he just wants the money Jonathan’s offering
to secure his future. But he soon learns that shame and pride may keep him from all he ever
wanted—and all he never dreamed he had any right to have.
“[A] treat for me. If you want a real dominant man . . . go for Jonathan.” — USA Today
Honorable mention, 2012 Rainbow Award: Best LGBT Erotica
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-28-5 • Print ISBN: 978-1-937551-33-9
Page Count: 267 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Erotica and BDSM
collared, by Kari Gregg
November 28, 2011 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/collared
$3.99 ebook
Connor Witt is a prized anomaly: the aggression centers in his brain were suppressed
rather than stimulated by the mutated crops that recently took over the world’s food supply.
Bewildered by his changes and terrified of an increasingly predatory world, Connor risks
harassment and worse until his boss collars him as protection against men like Emmett Drake,
who stalk Connor as sweet, sexy prey. Men to whom Connor feels irresistibly drawn. One
man offers safety; the other is a safer bet. Problem is, he wants them both.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-09-4 • Page Count: 139 • Heat Wave: Explicit
master class, by Rachel Haimowitz
October 30, 2011 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/master-class-master-class-1
$2.99 ebook
Broadway darling Nicky Avery is a shooting star by night, but by day he bounces from one
heartless one-night stand to the next. He finds his first true hint of satisfaction in Devon
Turner, a self-possessed film star and expert Dom. Devon knows what he wants the moment
he sees it, and what he wants is Nicky Avery. Nicky’s never learned to trust and has a nasty
habit of topping from the bottom, but he learns fast that Devon won’t tolerate his actor’s
masks.
“[B]eautiful, brilliant, and . . . deeply arousing.” — Dear Author Recommended Read
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-00-1 • Page Count: 57 • Heat Wave: Explicit
sublime, by Rachel Haimowitz
November 14, 2011 • $2.99 ebook
www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/sublime-collected-shorts-master-class-2
Broadway darling Nicky Avery gives commanding performances on stage, but when he comes
home at night, it’s Devon Turner who commands him. The ten vignettes in this collection
range from sweet and sensual to hot and hardcore, from crossdressing to knife play, and so
much more. Dom or sub, curious beginner or 24/7 lifestyler, the stories in Sublime will tease
and tantalize, arouse and thrill. And don’t mind Devon and Nicky . . . they like to be watched
anyway.
“Brilliantly GOOD erotica.” — Dear Author
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-17-9 • Page Count: 47 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Foreshock, by Kari Gregg
March 12, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/foreshock
$0.99 ebook
Sometimes the earth really does move.
Kyle is every gay man’s fantasy in a tool belt. Twice divorced and not long from the closet, he’s
found his way into a fulfilling relationship at last, but he can’t quite escape the sense that he’s
left his manhood behind in the process. His lover, Eric, wants him to accept that he isn’t less of
a man for being gay. Then the fault lines of their relationship meet the fault lines of the 2011
Northeast earthquake, and the two lovers learn not just to stay on their feet when the ground
shakes, but to actually treasure the tremble. All author royalties on this title are donated to the
Trevor Project.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-26-1 • Page Count: 15 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Erotic Horror
Bump in the Night, by Heidi Belleau, Ally Blue, Kari Gregg, Peter Hansen, Laylah
Hunter, Brien Michaels, Sam Schooler
October 14, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/bump-night
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Turn off the lights . . . and turn on your darkest fantasies.
The things that go bump in the night frighten us, but they also fascinate us. Even turn us on.
From amorous twists on the myths of the Siren and the monster in the lake, to a pair of
demon deals destined to curl your toes and set your heart thrashing, to two haunting worlds
where ghosts and dead lovers can touch our hearts—and other, naughtier places too—we
invite you to explore your wildest fantasies in this collection of dark erotic tales. By turns
exciting, evocative, and exquisitely explicit, the stories in Bump in the Night are sure to
scratch your sexy paranormal itch.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-062-8 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-063-5
Page Count: 204 • Heat Wave: Explicit
The Flesh Cartel, Season 5: Reclamation
by Rachel Haimowitz and Heidi Belleau
April 7, 2014 • www. riptidepublishing.com/titles/collections/flesh-cartel-season-5-reclamation
$8.99 ebook • $17.99 trade paperback
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-117-5• Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-118-2 • Heat Wave: Explicit
In the exciting final season of the Flesh Cartel . . .
With the help of the FBI, Mat Carmichael has let himself be re-taken by the Flesh Cartel. Objective?
Rescue his brother, exact revenge, and destroy the entire organization from the inside. But now that
he’s back in bondage he’ll have to ask for help from the only man within the Cartel who cares about
Dougie’s welfare: Nikolai. Even knowing it will destroy him, Nikolai delivers. With loved ones in
their corner and their love for each other banked but not extinguished, Mat and Dougie learn that
you can come home again, no matter how desperate the circumstances you’ve left behind.
#15: Twenty-Five, April 7, 2014, ~75 pgs • #16: To the Victor, May 5, 2014, ~58 pgs
#17: Boxed In, June 2, 2014, ~58 pgs • #18: The Long Road, July 7, 2014, ~56 pgs
#19: Promise, August 4, 2014, ~56 pgs
The Flesh Cartel, Season 4: Liberation
by Rachel Haimowitz and Heidi Belleau
www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/collections/flesh-cartel-season-4-liberation
$8.97 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-126-7• Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-088-8 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Mat and Douglas’s time as Nikolai’s wards is finally drawing to a close. Though torn apart by
Nikolai’s machinations, their fates are still inextricably entwined: they’ve been sold to the same
cruel master, and are united in their desire to go home. But “home” means two different things to
the brothers: for Mat, their little bungalow in Nevada, and for Douglas, a swift return to Nikolai
and Roger, the only people he believes still love him.
#11: Permanent Record, Nov 4, 2013, 70 pgs • #12: Paradise Island, Dec 2, 2013, 87 pgs
#13: The House Always Wins, Jan 6, 2014, 74 pgs • #14: Independence Day, Feb 3, 2014, 87 pgs
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Erotic Horror
The Flesh Cartel, Season 3: Transformation
by Rachel Haimowitz and Heidi Belleau
www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/collections/flesh-cartel-season-3-transformation
$8.97 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-010-9 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-080-2 • Heat Wave: Explicit
With a wedge at last driven between Mat and Dougie Carmichael, courtesy of Nikolai Petrovic’s
expert manipulations, the brothers must each accept their new path forward: Dougie, a perfect
slave, sweet and obedient and loving. Mat, a tightly reined dog, snarling and snapping but never
allowed to bite. Unfortunately, no transformation, however well planned, is without its growing
pains. Mat’s leash is so tight it’s choking him. Dougie is tormented by a little voice inside his
head—a fragment of his former self—that he cannot silence.
#7: Homecoming, June 3, 2013, 68 pgs • #8: Loyalties, July 1, 2013, 68 pgs
#9: Trials and Errors, Aug. 5, 2013, 64 pgs • #10: False Gods, Sept. 2, 2013, 94 pgs
The Flesh Cartel, Season 2: Fragmentation
by Rachel Haimowitz and Heidi Belleau
www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/collections/flesh-cartel-season-2-fragmentation
$8.97 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-72-8 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-065-9 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Nikolai Petrovic is a man of refinement. He collects fine art, enjoys gourmet cuisine, and trains
boutique sex slaves for some of the wealthiest—and most morally dubious—men and women in
the world. Charged by a wealthy client to buy a man to train but not break—to shape into a skilled,
obedient slave who will yield with hatred rather than love in his eyes—Nikolai finds the perfect
raw material in Mathias Carmichael. But there’s a problem: he was auctioned off in a lot with his
beautiful younger brother.
#3: Choices, Jan. 7, 2013, 76 pgs • #4: Consequences, Feb. 4, 2013, 75 pgs
#5: Wins and Losses, Mar. 4, 2013, 75 pgs • #6: Brotherhood, Apr.1, 2013, 93 pgs
The Flesh Cartel, Season 1: Damnation
by Rachel Haimowitz and Heidi Belleau
www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/collections/flesh-cartel-season-1-damnation
$4.99 ebook • $12.99 trade paperback
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-70-4 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-064-2 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Sublime service, made to order.
The Flesh Cartel: an international, multi-billion-dollar black market that trades in lost souls. Or
more specifically, their bodies. Highly organized and frighteningly efficient, the Flesh Cartel could
teach even the KGB a thing or two about breaking a human mind. Fortunately for their ultra-rich
clients, they’re just as skilled at putting people back together again—as perfect pets, well-trained and
eager to please.
#1: Capture, Oct. 1, 2012, 75 pgs • #2: Auction, Nov. 5, 2012, 75 pgs
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Erotic Horror
First Watch, by Peter Hansen
October 30, 2011 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/first-watch
$2.99 ebook
In the darkness of a WWI battlefield, as Legionnaire Edouard Montreuil lies dying, a voice
whispers, Do you want to live? Frightened and desperate, Edouard bargains his freedom for
a second chance. Now, each night aboard the submarine captained by the eldritch horror
who granted him new life, Edouard gives his body to the monster and dreams of escape.
Can Edouard’s old comrade Farid Ruiz help him break his devil’s bargain, or will Ruiz fall to
the same fate, trapped beneath the waves at the mercy of a creature whose hunger knows no
bounds?
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-04-9 • Page Count: 56 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Paranormal Comedy
Strange Angels, by Andrea Speed
September 16, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/strange-angels
$4.99 ebook
Death is the family business, and Brendan Connolly is about to come into his legacy. Nobody
warned Bren that Dad was a death god, or that someday he’d inherit his powers. So far, falling
in love with the angel sent to protect him has been the only good thing to come out of this
whole mess. Bren’s guardian angel, Lorygdarain, knows the aura of a ticking supernatural time
bomb when he sees one. Add to that the angel’s first taste of the human emotion called love,
and protecting Bren from the god who killed his father could be Dar’s hardest job in an eon.
Snakes, amnesia, and a mysterious god named Bob might not be much of a rescue plan, but
one guardian angel can only do so much. With a veritable pantheon on his heels, and the
universe hanging in the balance, Bren must learn to lock and load the most dangerous weapon
of all: himself.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-050-5 • Page Count: 138 • Heat Wave: Sweet
Josh of the Damned: The Complete Collection, by Andrea Speed
August 5, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/collections/josh-damned
$6.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
Josh Caplan is your average late-night convenience store clerk, but the Quik-Mart where he
works is nothing like normal with that hell vortex in the parking lot. Waiting on zombies,
demons, and other things that go bump in the night might scare some, but they’re actually
more polite than the stoners, and Josh welcomes the break in the monotony—especially when
he acquires himself a sexy new boyfriend with a deadly secret. Will Josh survive this retail
nightmare? It’s a Big Gulp of a chance, but between the hazard pay and the hottie with a sweet
tooth for Josh’s candy, it’s a chance he’s willing to take.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-043-7 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-042-0
Page Count: 178 • Heat Wave: Sweet
Includes: Pretty Monsters ( Josh of the Damned, #1) • Peek-a-Boo ( Josh of the Damned, #2)
Josh of the Damned Triple Feature #1 • Josh of the Damned Triple Feature #2: The Final Checkout
Triple Feature #2: The Final Checkout ( Josh of the Damned #4)
by Andrea Speed
April 29, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/josh-damned-triple-feature-2
$3.99 ebook
Josh thought he’d stopped the Quik-Mart Corporation from expanding into hell, but it turns
out a guardian’s work is never done. Medusa has plans for him, and she’s not the only one.
What’s a poor night clerk to do when he’s besieged on all sides by deluded vampire slayers,
angry zombies, crazy gods, and the most terrifying enemy of all: a dickish CEO? To survive
this, Josh will have to do more than rely on his necromancer boss, his hot vampire boyfriend,
and his yeti stalker. This time, he’ll have to find his own inner hero to save the day.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-006-2 • Page Count: 100 • Heat Wave: Sweet
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Paranormal Comedy
Triple Feature #1 ( Josh of the Damned #3), by Andrea Speed
April 16, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/josh-damned-triple-feature-1
$3.99 ebook
What most people call a hellish shift, Josh Caplan calls a normal evening. But some monsters
are odder—and more dangerous—than most. Like the rampaging, oversized mustache who
skips the Pringles and eats the customers instead. Or Cthulhu’s half-brother Stan, who doesn’t
know how to take no for an answer . . . or where to put all those tentacles. Yet even those pale
in comparison to the monster other monsters fear. When hell’s big boss demands a sit-down
with Josh, she reveals a destiny bigger than he’d ever imagined.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-35-3 • Page Count: 66 • Heat Wave: Sweet
Peek-a-Boo ( Josh of the Damned #2), by Andrea Speed
January 9, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/peek-boo-josh-damned-2
$0.99 ebook
As night-shift clerk at the go-to Quik-Mart for monsters with the munchies, Josh believes
he’s seen it all. But then a yeti with poor communication skills drops a dead skunk on the
checkout counter. The living, breathing shag carpet won’t leave him alone, but hey, at least it
seems harmless . . . until two human customers try to out-monster the monsters. Times are
strange when creatures from the hell portal save the day, but between the lovesick yeti and a
sexy vampire boyfriend, maybe Josh’s new normal isn’t so bad after all.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-16-2 • Page Count: 15 • Heat Wave: Sweet
Pretty Monsters ( Josh of the Damned #1), by Andrea Speed
October 30, 2011 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/pretty-monsters-josh-damned-1
$0.99 ebook
Josh Caplan knew the night shift at the Quik-Mart would be full of freaks and geeks—and
that was before the hell portal opened in the parking lot. Still, he likes to think he can roll
with things, and it’s not all lizard-monsters and the walking dead. There’s also the mysterious
hottie with a taste for sweets who might also be sweet on Josh. Now if only Josh could figure
out whether that’s a good thing. After all, with the hell vortex nearby, Josh has learned to take
nothing at face value—even if it’s a very pretty face.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-03-2 • Page Count: 15 • Heat Wave: Sweet
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Paranormal Comedy
Damned If You Do: The Complete Collection, by JL Merrow
June 24, 2013 • $8.99 ebook • $16.99 trade paperback
www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/collections/damned-if-you-do-complete-collection
Some sins are worth the price.
Sexy male succubus Rael is a tasty little morsel—and he has a talent for creating them, too. He’s
become a huge success as a regular guest on the cooking show Devon’s Plate—so much so that
when host Devon LaGrande disappears under suspicious circumstances, Rael’s the number
one suspect. When Rael starts getting threatening letters, things hit even closer to home. The
detectives on the case are worse than useless, and Lars’s partner is unable to help, distracted by
imminent motherhood and her demon baby daddy’s parole hearing. Though he’s all alone for
the first time in ages, Lars knows he’s the only one who can solve the case—and save his lover.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-019-2 • Print ISBN: 978-1-62649-023-9
Page Count: 136 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Includes: A Calling for Pleasure • A Blast from the Past • A Wish Too Far • A Glutton for Punishment
A Glutton for Punishment (Damned If You Do, #4) by JL Merrow
June 24, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/glutton-punishment
$4.99 ebook
Sexy male succubus Rael is a tasty little morsel—and he has a talent for creating them, too.
He’s become a huge success as a regular guest on the cooking show Devon’s Plate—so much
so that when host Devon LaGrande disappears under suspicious circumstances, Rael’s the
number one suspect. When Rael starts getting threatening letters, things hit even closer to
home. The detectives on the case are worse than useless, and Lars’s partner is unable to help,
distracted by imminent motherhood and her demon baby daddy’s parole hearing. Though he’s
all alone for the first time in ages, Lars knows he’s the only one who can solve the case—and
save his lover.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-026-0 • Page Count: 136 • Heat Wave: Explicit
A Wish Too Far (Damned If You Do, #3) by JL Merrow
June 24, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/wish-too-far
$3.99 ebook
There’s a new drug on the streets called Wishes: little pink pills that bring you your heart’s
desire—but in a way that’ll rival your worst nightmare. Lars Thornsson of the Paranormal
Enforcement Agency isn’t pleased to have to work the case with two of his most hated and
incompetent colleagues. Rael thinks he knows who’s supplying the drugs: an old friend of
his with a penchant for cross-dressing. The one thing Rael doesn’t understand is why a sweet
demon like Shax would be so malicious. He’s determined to get to Shax first and find out the
truth, even if it means falling foul of the law—and his lover.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-022-2 • Page Count: 97 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Paranormal Comedy
A Blast from the Past (Damned If You Do, #2) by JL Merrow
June 24, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/blast-past
$2.99 ebook
Something demonic is starting fires all over town, and it’s up to hunky detective Lars Thornsson
and his partner, Chelle Rochelle, to solve the case. Rael has problems of his own: his cheating
ex, Levi, wants him back. And Levi’s a powerful demon who won’t take no for an answer. With
Levi ready to attack Lars to get what he wants, Rael has to work out what he’s willing to do to
save his lover. Up to and including sacrificing himself.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-021-5 • Page Count: 64 • Heat Wave: Explicit
A Calling for Pleasure (Damned If You Do, #1) by JL Merrow
June 24, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/calling-pleasure
$2.99 ebook
With a killer succubus leaving a trail of desiccated corpses, Detective Lars Thornsson of the
Paranormal Enforcement Agency knows he shouldn’t be falling for a suspect. But a hot little
piece of demon tail like Rael is impossible to resist. Slender, snake-hipped, and dark skinned,
he swears he’s innocent—of murder, at least. Rael is delighted when a summoning brings
him up to Earth. He’s not so happy about the mean old detectives interrupting him halfway
through his dinner—but he changes his mind after getting an eyeful of Lars’s muscular,
Nordic charms. Now Rael has a vested interest in keeping Lars safe from the real killer, even if
that means putting himself into the killer’s path.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-018-5 • Page Count: 51 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Sucks & Blows, by Storm Grant
October 30, 2011 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/sucks-blows
$0.99 ebook
Deeply in debt to a loan shark, oversexed dentist Cary Drewel lives in fear of foreclosure and
bodily harm. Pierce Sharpe, a powerful vampire with a drinking problem—or, more accurately,
a problem drinking—can’t feed with his damaged eye teeth. When Cary extracts his canines,
Pierce must turn to other bodily fluids for sustenance. Together, Cary and Pierce find a
mutually pleasurable solution to both their problems. Turns out, though, there’s more to this
dentist-patient relationship than simple suction, and what began with raw hunger might just
end in love.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-02-5 • Page Count: 19 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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Upmarket LGBTQ Fiction
Portrait of a Crossroads, by Kelly Rand
May 20, 2013 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/portrait-crossroads
$2.99 ebook
Since finding her father’s body at the bottom of the basement stairs, Annette’s been drifting
through her days, watching cars pass down the rural Ontario crossroads beside her house. Then
she meets Sadie, a tattooed, world-weary, newly single portrait artist. Something about Sadie
awakens something in Annette—the essence she captures in her subjects, perhaps, or the way
the old familiar crossroads seem so fresh and promising from the view out Sadie’s window. Their
slowly heating friendship melts into passionate nights, and somewhere along the way, Annette
discovers that her lover has helped her to discover her own endless worlds of possibilities.
“[B]eautiful; I literally went back and read it over again from the beginning.”
— All About Romance
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62649-011-6 • Page Count: 40 • Heat Wave: Explicit
Portside, by Elyan Smith
June 18, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/portside
$2.99 ebook
Life on the dole in a dying town is defined by drinking when you can, smoking to pass the
time, and, if you’re gay, going down to the old port to get some. Everyone else seems to have
learned how to get what they want, yet Iwan can’t get past everything that could go wrong. He
knows who he is, regardless of labels, but he doesn’t trust others to see past his mismatched
body. Paying for what he’s afraid to get for free may seem absurd, but it’s better than just
watching, and it’s better than porn. It may not change the world he lives in, but with luck, it
will change him.
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-41-4 • Page Count: 35 • Heat Wave: Explicit
The Heart’s Greater Silence, by Anne Brooke
February 6, 2012 • www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/hearts-greater-silence
$1.99 ebook
Mark isn’t sure he believes in love, especially when he finds himself torn between his reliable
boyfriend, Craig, and his illicit lover and priest, Richard. The sex with Richard is unlike
anything he’s ever known, and he hungers for it as much as—if not more than—the truer
intimacy he finds in his boyfriend’s arms. When Craig discovers his betrayal, Mark is forced to
examine his life more closely, but the path to self-knowledge is never an easy one. Richard seeks
the way back to God, but Mark finds no solace there. Can he ever discover the truth of his own
soul, or is he too afraid of what he will—or won’t—find inside his heart?
eBook ISBN: 978-1-937551-21-6 • Page Count: 31 • Heat Wave: Explicit
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